Glossary of Terms and Acronyms
- emancipated minor
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An emancipated minor is a child who is legally considered an adult. In Washington State, emancipated minor status is not automatic for those who have simply…
- emergency medicine consent waivers
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Refers to a waiver of consent for emergency medicine research that involves more than minimal risk to subjects and for which it is not possible to…
- emergency use
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The one-time clinical use of an investigational drug or device with a patient in a life-threatening or seriously disabling situation in which no standard acceptable treatment…
- employee or agent
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Refers to someone who: acts on behalf of an organization; exercises institutional authority or responsibility; or performs institutionally-designated activities.
- engagement
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An institution becomes “engaged” in human subjects research when its employees or agents: (1) Intervene or interact with living individuals for research purposes; or (2) Obtain…
- exempt research
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Research that meets the definition of “human subjects research” but that is determined by HSD to be exempt from the federal human subjects regulations because it…
- expanded access
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Expanded access is the term that refers to a group of FDA mechanisms allowing the use of an investigational drug or device outside of a clinical…
- expedited review
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Institutional Review Board (IRB) review that is conducted by the IRB chair, or a designated voting member or group of voting members, rather than by the…
- external IRB
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The phrase used to refer to any Institutional Review Board (IRB) other than an institution’s own IRB. For the University of Washington (UW), it refers to…
- Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
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The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) [20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99] is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student…